Od Národní banky ke Státní bance československé (1945-1958)

This thesis describes the post-war development of the Czechoslovak National Bank from 1945 to 1958, when it became a monobank. In the first part of the paper a study is provided on the state of the banking sector and the whole economy after the Second World War. Following is an analysis of impact of gradual translation from mixed economy to centralized model of sovietised economy on the Central bank of Czechoslovakia and later on the Czechoslovak State Bank. Firstly, the commercial banks were nationalized in compliance with decrees of President Edvard Beneš. The National bank was transferred into state ownership as well in 1948, concluding the banking concentration process. Two years later, Czechoslovak state bank emerged and took over the obligations of the now-defunct Central bank as well as of the remaining commercial banks. Competences of the State bank further expanded until year 1958, when it incorporated agenda of the Investment bank, began offering long-term loans and finally became a monobank.